Smith (Tied by Pep Dieppa)


Tag:        Silver tinsel and yellow floss
Tail:        Topping and indian crow
Butt:        Yellow hackle
Body:       In three equal parts of silver tinsel.
               The first butted by red hackle, the second
               butted with light blue hackle, and the 
               third with guinea fowl.
Wings:     Two sword feathers of golden pheasant;
                gray mottled turkey; bustard; golden
               pheasant tail; blue, yellow, red swan; topping
Sides:       Jungle cock 
Head:       Black

Source: Hardy J.J. (1907) Salmon Fishing.

Note: Pep modified the order of the wing components.

 

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